#birmingham project

[ard-it]

Dawoud Bey Mathes Manafee and Cassandra Griffin (The Birmingham project), 2012 Archival pigment prints mounted on dibond. 

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[stereoculturesociety]

CultureSOUL: "The Birmingham Project" - Photos by Dawoud Bey, 2012

A fascinating photo series from the renown African American photographer Dawoud Bey. Most known for his street portraits, and his Harlem U.S.A series, this project was a historical undertaking to pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham Church bombing of four little girls,

Bey set out to commemorate the tragic event by photographing young Birmingham residents who were the same age as the girls when they were murdered (ages 11-14) and couple those pictures with photos of Birmingham adults (no relation) who were the ages those children would have been in 2012. It made for a bittersweet but lovely collection. Full photo series here and bio here.

[nichelle]

Hot Links: Bootleg Video, Reading Rainbow and Kara Walker's A Subtlety

While in New York City last week, I went to the Domino Sugar Factory in Brooklyn to see Kara Walker’s large scale installation, “A Subtlety“. I highly recommend seeing it if you are in the New York City. It runs through July 6th.

Also, I stopped by the Whitney for an art talk with Whitney Biennial artist Dawoud Bey, Sarah Lewis and Imani Perry. The discussion was centered on Dawoud’s work, The…

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